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LMU MEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 GAME NOTES GAME 19:
SERIES HISTORY Overall: BYU leads 8-4 Streak: BYU 4 wins (2014) At LMU: BYUY 3-2 (BYU 1 win) At BYU: BYU 4-2 (BYU 3 wins) Neutral: BYU leads 1-0 First Meeting: Dec. 30, 1936 @ LMU 35, BYU 32 Last Meeting: Feb. 7, 2015 BYU 87, @ LMU 68
2015-16 SCHEDULE & RESULTS N. 8 N. 13 N. 15 N. 19 N. 22 N. 25 N. 28 D. 2 D. 6 D. 9 D. 12 D. 18 D. 21 D. 23 J. 2 J. 7 J. 9 J. 14 J. 16 J. 21 J. 23 J. 28 J. 30 F. 4 F. 6 F. 11 F. 13 F. 18 F. 20 F. 27 M.3-8
Jan. 21, 2016 - LMU vs BYU // 8:00 pm (PT)
CS Dominguez Hills ! W, 92-58 CS Fullerton LMUSN W, 79-74 at UC Irvine KDOC-TV L, 53-77 at Colorado St. MW-Net L, 75-83 Antelope Valley LMUSN W, 86-62 CSUN LMUSN W, 82-80 (OT) at SEMO W, 73-60 at Oregon St. Pac-12 L, 70-79 UC Riverside LMUSN W, 77-76 at Boise St. L, 66-67 at CS Fullerton W, 82-70 Jacksonville St. LMUSN W, 77-60 at Portland ROOT L, 60-87 at Gonzaga ROOT L, 62-85 at Pepperdine TWCSN L, 66-68 (OT) Saint Mary’s TheW.tv L, 48-73 Pacific TWCSN L, 58-60 at San Francisco TheW.tv W, 87-83 at Santa Clara CSNBA W, 76-66 BYU TWCSN 8 pm San Diego TWCSN 3 pm at BYU ESPNU 8 pm at San Diego TWCSN 1 pm Gonzaga ROOT 7 pm Portland TheW.tv 3 pm at Pacific TheW.tv 7 pm at Saint Mary’s CSNBA 8 pm Santa Clara TheW.tv 7 pm San Francisco TWCSN 1 pm Pepperdine TWCSN 1 pm at WCC Tournament - Las Vegas
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LMULIONS.COM GAMEDAY: GAME:....................................... LMU (9-9, 2-5) vs. BYU (13-6, 4-2) DATE/TIME:..................................Jan. 21, 2016 // 8:00 p.m. (PST) LOCATION:..............................Gersten Pavilion // Los Angeles, CA WATCH/LISTEN:.........................BYUtv - TWCSN // KXLU 88.9 FM LIVE STATS:..........................GAMETRACKER | STATBROADCAST RESOURCES:............ http://www.lmulions.com/sports/m-baskbl/ SCHEDULE:............................... sched/loyo-m-baskbl-sched.html MEDIA GUIDE:.................................. spec-rel/media-guide.html GAME NOTES:............................. spec-rel/Game-Coverage.html LMU SPORTS NETWORK:.http://www.lmulions.com/allaccess/
Lions Streak Home for Homecoming Week, Cougars LMU men’s basketball returns to Gersten Pavilion for Homecoming Week 2016 after it’s first true Bay Area road sweep in 24 seasons. It will be a tough return as the streaking Lions (9-9, 2-5) welcome one of those sitting near the top of the West Coast Conference, BYU (13-6, 4-2). The Lions start homecoming week with the Cougars on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 8 pm. The game will be broadcast by BYUtv and will also be Time Warner Cable SportsNet. The game can be heard on KXLU 88.9 FM. THE MATCH-UP • The youngest of the conference match-ups, this will be the 13th match-up for the Lions against BYU. The Cougars have won the last four meetings and lead the series 8-4. The game will be the first of LMU’s 2016 Homecoming Week with the annual Homecoming Game coming on Saturday against San Diego at 3 pm. The official radio home of the Lions, KXLU 88.9 FM, is the official partner of the game against the Cougars and will offer a Koozie student giveaway as part of Homecoming Week. The travel partner series between LMU-Pepperdine and BYU-San Diego will get settled in the next two weeks as the SoCal partners will return the series to BYU and San Diego next week. This first meeting will once again be one of offense vs. defense. The Cougars enter the game averaging 83.8 points per contest on the season while the Lions enter allowing 72.8. BYU split last week in the Pacific Northwest, defeating Gonzaga in Spokane for the second straight season then falling to Portland on Saturday. The game can be seen on Time Warner Cable SportsNet, ROOT Sports Northwest and Rocky Mountain, Comcast SportsNet+, BYUtv and out-of-market at TheW.tv. As always, the game will be live on KXLU 88.9 FM. INSIDE THE NUMBERS • LMU continues to lead the league in turnover margin at +2.7, ranking second in the WCC in creating 14.6 turnovers a game by their opponent while turning the ball over just 11.9 times per game, third in the WCC. The Lions are also tops in the league in offensive rebounds at 12.6 per game, second in free throw shooting at 73.6 percent and second in the league in steals at 6.9. • Offensive rebounding was a big catalyst on Saturday. The Lions out-rebounded the Broncos 38-23 and held a 21-3 edge in second chance points. The Lions had 14 offensive rebounds and improved to 7-1 on the season when they have more second chance points than their opponent. Shamar Johnson had five offensive rebounds and is ranked 10th in the WCC with 2.0 orpg. Adom Jacko is 3rd with 2.8 orpg. • Free throw shooting was another factor as the Lions missed just three free throws in 32 attempts. They went 17-for-19 against the Dons, hitting all six in the final 30 seconds to win the game. Against Santa Clara, they went 12-for-13, going 7-for-8 in the final two minutes to keep the Broncos from staging a come-back. Freshman Munis Tutu went 8-for-8 on the week, hitting all four of his attempts in the final 20 seconds against USF. • Senior David Humphries posted a career-best 20 points on Thursday, hitting 6-for-11 from the field, going 6-for-10 from three. He is the third Lion on the season to hit at least six three-pointers in a game. Prior to this season, three Lions had done it in 20 years. Sophomore Joshua Spiers erupted for a career-best 24 points, hitting 6-of-10 three-pointers, to lead the Lions in overtime against CSUN. His six three-pointers against CSUN on Nov. 25 was tied for the most in the last 20 years. That lasted less than a month. Sophomore Steven Haney Jr. knocked down 7-for-12 in scoring a career-high 26 points in